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Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Fonds · [189-]–[200-], predominant [193-]–[197-]

The fonds consists of records created and collected by Harry B. Hawthorn in a number of different capacities: as researcher, professor, Dean of Anthropology and Director of the Museum of Anthropology. Textual records in the fonds include correspondence, transcripts, research notes and clippings from publications. Much of the graphic materials relate to Harry Hawthorn’s interactions with aboriginal communities as an anthropologist, a professor, and as the Director of MOA. Other images relate to his personal life, documenting his youth in New Zealand, his life as a father and anthropologist, and his later established professional roles.

Hawthorn, Harry Bertram
Edward White family fonds
Fonds · 1852-1869

Fonds consists of records relating to the Rev. Edward White’s ministry in southern Ontario and British Columbia. Fonds also includes records relating to his son, J.H. White, and his family. Record series include: Diaries (1852-1918); Family correspondence (1862-1932); J.H. White family photographs ([1870?]-[1967]); and Reference materials (1852-1995).

White, Edward (Rev.)
H.P. Davidson fonds
Fonds · 1908

Fonds comprises a single record series: Student notes (1908).

Davidson, H.P.
CA JHS A.2014.007 · Fonds · 1911, 1920-1921

The fonds consists of a series of love-letters written between Morris Soskin and Rose Hyams. These letters were written in 1921 between Vancouver (where Morris lived) and Montreal (where Rose lived).

Soskin (family)
George Van Wilby fonds
Fonds · 1917 - 1925

Fonds consists of 370 black and white negatives taken between 1917 and 1924. The images are primarily of UBC students at the University's original Fairview campus. There are also shots of faculty members. As well as posed individual shots of students, there are many photographs of various student activities including the annual class picnic. Although most of the photographs are not identified they are very important for collectively documenting student life at the University in the late teen’s and early 1920s.

Wilby, George Van
Fonds · 1910-1925

Fonds consists of records from Collingwood Methodist Church and Collingwood United Church. Record series include: Baptismal records (1910-1978), Marriage records (1920-1926), Burial records (1912-1987); Board and committee records (1911-1997); Records of other groups (1918-1970); Congregational financial records (1911-1998); Membership records (1910-1960); Women’s group records (1941-1995).

Collingwood Methodist Church (Vancouver, B.C.)
Fonds · 1887-1925

Fonds consists of records relating primarily to St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, but also relating to successor congregations St. Andrew's United Church (1925-1927), and St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church (1927-1947). Fonds includes the following record series: Baptism, marriage and burial records (1889-1947); Membership records (1897-1903, 1927-1931); Board and committee records (1888-1930) Women's group records (1887-1932); Sunday school records (1888-1939); Youth group records (1912-1919); Annual reports (1891-1929); and Newsletters (1865-1871).

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Vancouver, B.C.)
Fonds · 1886-1933

Fonds consists of Baptismal register (1911-1932), Marriage registers (1903-1933), Burial register (1911-1932); Circuit register (1886-1901), Membership certificates (1909-1912); Official Board minutes (1875-1930), Trustee minutes (1888-1930); Ladies Aid minutes (1916-1923), Woman's Association records (1917-1927), Women's Missionary Society minutes (1890-1899, 1911-1921); Sunday School records (1886-1894, 1899-1924); Young Peoples Fellowship (1926-1932).

Wesley United Church (Vancouver, BC)
Victoria Yip fonds
Fonds · 1923 - 1936

Fonds consists of theatre programs from Victoria, opera clippings, photographs of the Chinese Carnival in 1936, a copy of the Chinese Times, and Yip’s reminiscences of the establishment of The Chinese Canadian Times in Vancouver and the Chinese Opera in Victoria.

FILE LIST:
MAN 1997-007-001 : Chinese Times, 1936, article on Chinese Times, Willie Le[-]o n.d.

MAN 1997-007-002 : Cantonese Opera clippings, n.d.

MAN 1997-007-003 : Six photographs of Chinese Carnival, Vancouver, 1936

MAN 1997-007-004 : Theatre program from Victoria, B.C., 1923

MAN 1997-007-005 : Theatre program from Victoria, B.C., with poetry on back written by Yip’s father, 1930

Yip, Victoria
Yoshinosuke Yoshioka fonds
Fonds · 1917-1939

The photograph collection documents Yoshioka’s transition to Canada and his life as a minister serving in the Japanese community. The majority of the collection dates from the earlier 1920s, his early days in Canada; photographs capture the life of the Japanese church community in and around Steveston and Powell Street. Fonds also includes photographs of the Yoshioka family and Rev. [Robert?] Wilkinson and his family, taken at Shizuoka, Japan, around 1917.

Yoshioka, Yoshinosuke
Fonds · 1941 - 1944

Fonds consists of audio, video, and visual materials created by Basil and Edythe Hartley. Materials include video footage of the Haisla people, which Hartley shot while working in Kitimaat from 1941-1944, a voiceover for the footage which Hartley’s widow, Edythe McClure, created in ca. 1983, a letter, and three photographs of Kitimaat people and landscapes. The three audio cassettes all contain the same 1983 recording.

Hartley, Reverend Basil Shakespeare Sutherland
Fong Dickman fonds
Fonds · [between 1898 and 1946]

Fonds consists of the following record series: Sermons ([between 1898 and 1946]); Correspondence ([between 1898 and 1946]), and Manuscripts ([between 1898 and 1946]).

Fong, Dickman
William Carr fonds
Fonds · [1949 or 1950]

The fonds consists of black and white photographs and negatives. Subjects depicted include villages, boats and ferries, landscapes, bridges, logging clearcuts, and totem poles. Some of the photos appear to be of the Lions Gate Bridge, Stanley Park, and the Capilano Suspension Bridge.

Carr, William
R.A. Brooks collection
Collection · [ca. 1940-1950]

Collection consists of 81 b&w photographic prints of the Brooks heads and one of the Vancouver airport.

Douglas H. Telfer fonds
Fonds · 1932-1952

Fonds consists of two record series: Correspondence (1932-1952) and Sermons and Lectures (1938-1951).

Telfer, Douglas H.
G.S. Conway fonds
CA WVAN 065 · Fonds · 1897-1953, predominant 1937-1938

The fonds consists of material generated and collected by West Vancouver civil engineer Gilbert S. Conway with the majority relating to the design, engineering, and construction of Lions Gate Bridge. The material includes handwritten diaries, booklets, reports, photographs, maps, a personal business card, and Christmas card showing Lions Gate Bridge.

The fonds is arranged into the following series:
Series 1: Photographs
Series 2: Diaries
Series 3: Engineering
Series 4: Maps and plans
Series 5: Miscellaneous

Conway, G.S.
Fonds · 1890-1958

Fonds consists of Baptismal register (1890-1958), Marriage Register (1900-1958), and Burial Register (1949-1957); Board and committee records (1890-1898); and Membership rolls (ca. 1920-1950).

Zion United Church (Vancouver, B.C.)
Fonds · 1906-1960

Fonds consists of the records of Robson Memorial United Church and its predecessor, Robson Memorial Methodist Church. Records include Baptism registers (1908-1960), Marriage registers (1908-1960), and Burial registers (1908-1958); Session minutes (1939-1952), Stewards minutes (1942-1952), Official Board minutes (1912-1952), Congregational meeting minutes (1939-1953); Sunday school staff meeting minutes (1929-1956); and Property records (1906).

Robson Memorial United Church (Vancouver, B.C.)
Players' Club fonds
Fonds · 1916-1961

The fonds consists of minute books, membership lists (1916-1937), photographs, plays, financial records, programs and play announcements (1916-1961), scrapbooks (1916-1944), and ephemera.

University of British Columbia. Players' Club
Fonds · 1950-1969

Fonds consists of records from Columbia Street United Church (Vancouver, B.C.). Records include Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records (1956–1962), Membership Records (1950-1969), Board and Committee Records (1954-1961), Women’s Groups School Records (1960-1969), Sunday School Records (1956-1962), Records of Other Groups (1954-1956), Correspondence/Subject Files (1954-1963), Congregational Financial Records (1953-1956), Annual Reports (1955-1969).

Columbia Street United Church (Vancouver, BC)
Fonds · 1925-1969

Fonds consists of records from Riverview United Church and its predecessor, Riverview Presbyterian Church. Records include Baptismal register (1946-1967), Marriage registers (1923-1968), Burial register (1947-1968); Communion register (1914-1919), Historic roll (1914-1968), Congregational list (1929-1930); Session minutes (1914-1969), Board of Managers minutes (1914-1927, 1945-1955), Stewards minutes (1945-1969), Official Board minutes (1926-1968), Trustees minutes (1928), Congregational Meetings minutes (1943-1969); Woman's Association minutes (1943-1952, 1956-1961) and cash books (1942-1959), Woman's Missionary Society minutes (1955-1960), and Treasurer's books (1935-1959); Young People's Society minutes (1937-1939), Boys Brigade minutes (1943-1944); Building Project funds (1951-1953, 1955-1958); "The Riverview Courier" (newsletters) (1928-1932).

Riverview United Church (Vancouver, B.C.)
Fonds · 1912 - 1970

Collection consists of maps and plans of the University campus and of the University Endowment Lands (now Pacific Spirit Park). The collection was started by UBC Library and is now continued by the UBC Archives. The collection is arranged in several series. Maps are filed, depending on their dimensions, in either map cabinets or vertical files.

Fonds · 1967-1972

The fonds consists of minutes of the Board of Directors, minutes of the Council and Working Committee, minutes of Staff meetings, general correspondence of various officials of the Project, copies of reports generated by various programs, and financial records. Fonds contains records of School Canadiana, including correspondence, reports, minutes of Management Committee meetings, registration-attendance records, and financial files.

Vancouver Inner City Service Project
M.Y. Williams fonds
Fonds · 1875 - 1973

Fonds consists of biographical notes, clippings, articles, early educational records, research notes, draft manuscripts, field notebooks, reports, publications, correspondence, lecture and course notes, maps, photographic prints, and slides pertaining to M.Y. Williams' professional and personal activities.

Williams, M.Y. (Merton Yarwood)
Fonds · 1954 - 1976

The collection consists of materials gathered by Karl Ruppenthal as course aids for subjects taught mainly at Stanford University as part of the Transportation Management Program. The bulk of the collection consists of copies of transportation industry publications, published regulatory decisions and reports and related documents, and transcripts of addresses and speeches by other individuals, along with related correspondence and newspaper and magazine clippings. There are no papers in the collection generated by Ruppenthal himself, apart from copies of letters requesting materials from corporations and regulatory bodies, and some written notes. The collection is organized in series based on the following broad subject areas: Pipelines, Civil Aeronautics Board, Ocean Transportation, Case Leads (case studies for the Stanford course Business 380), Consulting with Consultants (conference), Australian Travel Material, Emergency Board Reports, Noise and Environmental Pollution, Transportation Co-ordination and Consolidation, Transportation Economics and Regulations, Rail Mergers, Rail Transportation Labour, Skyliner (TWA employee newsletter), Roberts Bank Superport, and Air California.